In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MUMMIFIED
MUMMIFY
mummify, dry up
(verb) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; “a mummified body was found”
mummify
(verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; “Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs”
mummify
(verb) preserve while making lifeless; “mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
mummified (not comparable)
Preserved, for a dead body, by mummification.
Verb
mummified
simple past tense and past participle of mummify
Source: Wiktionary
Mum"mi*fied, a.
Definition: Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.
MUMMIFY
Mum"mi*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying.] Etym: [Mummy + -fy: cf. F. momifier.]
Definition: To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. Hall (1646).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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